Fee plus wages, which player has represented the biggest waste of money!

[Nadia Sllim]

Taking in fee and his wages , who he replaced and what he did not do for our club.
Mine would be David Speedie, plus he never wanted to be here!

[SB]

Tommy Four-past. LOLZ

[The Kraken]

Jay Rodriguez.




What, too soon............??

[mcjwills]

Delgardo enough said

[stevy777_x]

David hurst

[RobM]

Tommy Four-past. LOLZ

Considering how much we sacrificed in payments to get him, then how much we paid him to get f-all, I agree completely

[JPTCount]

van damme?

thankfully we've never really had this as a problem, most prem n champ sides have had one or two bogardes.

[Appy]

Forecast, lord knows what we could be getting for Bale now.

[trousers]

Forecast. No contest.

[stevy777_x]

We didn t really pay a fee for forecast plus he didn't really come with expectations

[Colinjb]

We didn t really pay a fee for forecast plus he didn't really come with expectations

I believe he was given to us in exchange for certain rights on Gareth Bale (Writing off sell on fees, future payment's etc in exhange for a lump sum and him.)

Along with his insane wages and absolute lack of ability he is the most stupid and ill judged transfer in our history.

[Ziggy]

van damme?

thankfully we've never really had this as a problem, most prem n champ sides have had one or two bogardes.

Although his first name was Jelly which did give some value.

[stevegrant]

I believe he was given to us in exchange for certain rights on Gareth Bale (Writing off sell on fees, future payment's etc in exhange for a lump sum and him.)

Wrong.

We were desperate for cash, so we went begging to Spurs to settle the "conditional" parts of the Bale transfer (the original fee was £5m + add-ons up to another £5m). We settled for around £2.5m of that £5m and they threw Forecast into the mix as well for whatever reason. I suspect Forecast's agent was quite clever here, essentially blackmailing the club into giving him a 5-year deal (we never gave ANY player a 5-year deal, let alone one with no first-team experience) with the suggestion that if we didn't agree to it, the deal providing life-saving cash to the club would fall through.

There never was a sell-on clause in the Bale or Walcott deals.

[stevegrant]

To answer the original question, Mark Hughes.

£850k transfer fee (quite a lot for us back then), £20k a week wages, two goals and about 500 needless yellow cards.

[Colinjb]

Wrong.

We were desperate for cash, so we went begging to Spurs to settle the "conditional" parts of the Bale transfer (the original fee was £5m + add-ons up to another £5m). We settled for around £2.5m of that £5m and they threw Forecast into the mix as well for whatever reason. I suspect Forecast's agent was quite clever here, essentially blackmailing the club into giving him a 5-year deal (we never gave ANY player a 5-year deal, let alone one with no first-team experience) with the suggestion that if we didn't agree to it, the deal providing life-saving cash to the club would fall through.

There never was a sell-on clause in the Bale or Walcott deals.

Thankyou Steve.

I stand corrected, but still by my original judgement. The length of contract and wages compared to the talent acquired was insane nontheless.

[stevegrant]

Thankyou Steve.

I stand corrected, but still by my original judgement. The length of contract and wages compared to the talent acquired was insane nontheless.

Definitely, but it was a no-brainer of a deal for the club given the situation at the time.

[Colinjb]

Definitely, but it was a no-brainer of a deal for the club given the situation at the time.

Such a perverse favour by Spurs. Here's some money we don't need to give to you yet in exchange for settling a few appearance clauses and a 'promising' keeper......

All from the goodness of our hearts.

[ollysaints1]

There is no debate to be had, Agustin Delgado is the single handed biggest waste of money. maybe even in premier league history. apparently he was on nearly 20k a week. add that to the fee of atleast £3,000,000.outrageous.

[Colinjb]

There is no debate to be had, Agustin Delgado is the single handed biggest waste of money. maybe even in premier league history. apparently he was on nearly 20k a week. add that to the fee of atleast £3,000,000.outrageous.

I'm sure Winston Bogarde would have something to say about that.

[sambosa75]

Surprised no one has mentioned Neil McCann...

[benjii]

To answer the original question, Mark Hughes.

£850k transfer fee (quite a lot for us back then), £20k a week wages, two goals and about 500 needless yellow cards.

That's what I was going to say. He was unprofessional and ****e. And bloody expensive.

[kpturner]

David hurst

Seriously?? No chance.

[hypochondriac]

wasnt Jason Euell on 15K a week in the championship that is mental.

[pingwing]

Ryan Dickson and Forte have been fees that we have gained very little from...

[Stepgar]

Eyal bercovic (spelling )

[stevy777_x]

Seriously?? No chance.

He arrived with big expectations at the time, had an ok ish 1st season. Then got injured in the second and did not play after that. Maybe not the worse buy in history but we did smash our transfer record at the time and i was expecting big things for him. Had a good attitude but got a bad injury at the time which forced him to retire not long after.

[the stain]

Rory delap

[SarniaSaint]

Surprised no one has mentioned Neil McCann...

or Stuart Ripley

[Whitey Grandad]

Eyal bercovic (spelling )

Worth every penny just for that goal against Man U.

[Whitey Grandad]

Surprised no one has mentioned Neil McCann...

He scored a great goal away to Northampton. Or was it Bristol Rovers?

[LatvianTolix]

Forecast, lord knows what we could be getting for Bale now.

And dont forget, we lost sell-on fee option that would be huge, if he would join Real or any other team now.

[JPTCount]

Rory delap

delay easily made his money back, his overhead scissor kick got us three points against spurs.

and we sold him on.

I can see the argument with forecast but he was signed as a 3rd gk on a free, and never git beyond 3rd gk. does anyone even know what he is/was on? surely with a youth gk the money only starts rolling after u make a first team start.

apart from van damme and Delgado it's a bit if a struggle, Delgado was always going to be a risk though.

[Turkish]

wasnt Jason Euell on 15K a week in the championship that is mental.

Yep, he also got a 200k 'loyalty bonus' every year he was here as well.

[paulwantsapint]

Kleber Chala (sp) delgado's mate never played a single game

[adriansfc]

Bet Jamie Redknapp was one of our highest paid players, yet couldn't run for more than 45 minutes.

[Roger]

Eyal bercovic (spelling )

Are you insane? The guy was absolute class. Probably after le toss as skilful as anyone I've seen in a saints shirt and wasn't he on loan?

[supersonic]

And dont forget, we lost sell-on fee option that would be huge, if he would join Real or any other team now.

We never had a "sell-on fee" it was just a few more bonuses when he reaches 50 PL games etc

[supersonic]

My nomination would be either Delgado (who never really scored btw), Skacel, and a newcomer Rodriguez

[Window Cleaner]

Delgado wins it hands down, not only did he cost a lot of money for no return whatsoever, the financial millstone that signing him created stunted our growth for in a period where our modest success should have seen us going forward.

[whizzpop]

To name but a few Barry Venison, Luis Boa Morte, Agustin Delgado, Jelle VanDamme, Tommy Forecast, Jonathan Forte

[Mowgli]

To name but a few Barry Venison, Luis Boa Morte, Agustin Delgado, Jelle VanDamme, Tommy Forecast, Jonathan Forte

Not sure you really understood the question.....

...Tommy Forecast must be the one for me. Others mentioned at least made a few appearances / goals for us. Tommy beats my other thought of Charlie George hands down.

[LatvianTolix]

We never had a "sell-on fee" it was just a few more bonuses when he reaches 50 PL games etc

I remember there was a statement that we had a percentage from the next sale to the 3rd team. Am I wrong?

[Village Saint]

That's what I was going to say. He was unprofessional and ****e. And bloody expensive.

And ........it seems important to some people on here...not at all a nice human being!

[Village Saint]

I remember there was a statement that we had a percentage from the next sale to the 3rd team. Am I wrong?

Yes - totally as several others have alreday pointed out.

[The Cat]

It probably is Mark Hughes although he did score a crucial goal in the 3-3 draw with Blackburn when we were 3-1 down and heading for relegation in '99 which could be said to have been worth all the money we spent on him!

Whenever I see Hughes I never think of him as an ex-Saint. Maybe it was his clear 'don't give a sh.it about being here attitude' which precludes me from registering his time with us with any lingering fondness.

[SuperMikey]

I thought Neil McCann was alright for us. Although tbf I rated Jermaine Wright at RB too.

[This Charming Man]

Eyal bercovic (spelling )

He was brilliant for us. He was like a Jewish Lallana.

[The Cat]

I thought Neil McCann was alright for us. Although tbf I rated Jermaine Wright at RB too.

McCann was gash apart from one game at Arsenal when he put 2 crosses onto Delap's head. (The one when Van Persie equalised in the 127th minute of stoppage time)

[Dibden Purlieu Saint]

Imants Bleidelis.

[RedAndWhite91]

Not the biggest waste of money, but worth a mention - Dani Rodrigues cost £200,000, and for our money we got two substitute appearances and he broke his ankle twice.